Garment with breathing sleeve action



Dec. 5, 1950 1, 1. FLAsHER 2,532,702

GARMENT WITH BREATHING SLEEVE ACTION Filed Dec. '7, 1948 IN VEN TOR.

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UNITED sr 'rEs PATENT or ce? GARMENT WITH BREATHING SLEEVE ACTION Irving Isaac Flasher, St. Paul, Minn Application December 7, 1948, Serial No. 63,883

'This invention relates to the sleeve connection for'shirts, coats and like garments, and has for its purpose the provision of an opening under the arm for proper ventilation and a flap for covering the opening.

It is an object of this invention to provide a sleeve connection of the kind to be more particularly described hereinafter to permit a breathing arm action to ventilate the arm and body of a wearer, and to provide fresh air for the action of the arm without exposing the arm or body. In

vthe process of moving the arm, the flap or pivot piece of the garment covering the opening moves away from the remaining part of the garment permitting air to freely circulate through the opening and under the flap or pivot piece and thereby decrease the perspiration.

A garment formed in this manner is advantageous for use by people engaged in sporting ac- 7 tivities, such as golf, bowling, curling and other sports. When the arm is down, the pivot or flap covering the breathing opening is hidden and cannot be seen. The structure of such a garment -is simple and does not entail a large expenditure.

The construction creates a breathingpocket actuated by the use of the arm. By reason of the .fuller cut of the garment, there is also-a free arm movement.

In a garment formed in this manner it will be possible to vary the size, shape and even direction of the flap or pivot piece.

With the above and other objects in view, my

Claims. (01. 2-115) 2 i may be formed of front and rear body sections l2 and I l in the manner of conventional shirts and similar garments currently in use. The front and invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation partly broken away Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing the arm in a raised position;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; V

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the arm blank formed according to an embodiment of this invention; and

Figure 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of this invention.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates generally a shirt or other body-covering garment having a sleeve ll extending from the upper end. thereof. The body ID of the garment rear body sections [2 and I4 may be secured together along the side edges, as denoted by the numeral l5 in the drawings. 7

front and rear sections l2 and H1, respectively. The armhole is noted by the numeral l8 defining;

the peripheral edge thereof. The cut-out armhole is formed partially in the front section l2 and partially in the rear section [4.

The sleeve II is formed in a tubular manner by securing the free edges of a flat blank together underneath the arm in the manner of a conven tional shirt. The end of the tubular sleeve member is adapted to be secured about the periphery of the armhole cut out portion [6. However, in order to provide an opening between the sleeve II and the body ll] of the shirt, the sleeve is not connected to the body portion immediately below the arm. In this manner an opening is provided below the arm pit for the desired ventilation. The sleeve H is adapted to be secured aboutthe major portion of the periphery of the armhole by conventional stitching, not shown, in the drawmgs.

In order to provide for the closing of the opening provided at the free edge between the sleeve ll and 'body it], a flap member 23 is formed integrally with the sleeve H and is adapted to'be secured to the body portion lil a slight distance downwardly from the free edge It defined above.

In the formation of the sleeve H ithas been found desirable to provide a portion of a flap along the side marginal edges of the blank from which the sleeve is to be cut. Substantially triangular Vfiap sections it and I9 are cut in the formation of the blank. The fiap sections I8 and i9 form a continuation of the side edges of the sleeve II, and when the sleeve is completely formed, that is, the side edges of the blank thereof stitched together, the flap sections is and IE] will define a substantially triangular fiap 20.

When the arm II is stitched to the body [0 about the peripheral edge of the armhole cut-out,

distance downwardlyfrom the armhole. As the upper end of the flap 2!) is formed as an lnte,

gral part of the sleeve H, the upper end of the flap 20 will be carried by the sleeve. The side edges of the flap 20 will be left free, and unsecured at any point along their length, so that when the arm is in the lowered position, a clear opening will be provided from the free edge of the cut-out armhole to the exterior of the garment.

In the formation of the tubular section II the edges of the end to be connected to the body portion Ill will be hemmed in a conventional manner, as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

In the use and operation of the garment constructed accordin to an embodiment of this in vention, an opening is provided under the armpit of the wearer to provide for the proper ventilation of the arm and body. Normally, the armpit opening between the sleeve section I I and the body HJ will be substantially closed by the close position of the free edges of the sleeve and body.. When the arm is raised, the armpit opening will be considerably enlarged,- and as the flap 20' overlies the free edges of the owning, this flap will conceal both the opening and the body of the wearer below the opening.

In Figure 6 there is shown a modified form of this invention, wherein. the flap 20a is formed in substantially the same manner as the flap 20 described above. The flap 28a will be carried by the body portion [a rather than by the arm portion He. The flap 29a will close the free edges of the opening. provided. by the connection of the arm Ha to the body Hla in substantially the" same manner as described above for the connection of the sleeve II to the body Hi. In Figure 6 the tab or flap 20a will be formed integrally with the body-section ma, which includes the body-forming sections We and Ma, and the upper or free endof the flap 2011 will be secured by stitching Zia. to the sleeve Ha a short distance upwardly from the free edge thereof. As in the. garment described in Figures 1' to 5, above, the side edges of the flap 25a will befree and separate from the remaining portion of the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim is:

l. A garment of the kind described comprising a body-covering member formed with a cut-out armhole, a sleeve member secured to said body member about the major portion of the edge of saidarnihole and free therefrom below the armpit providing a ventilating opening, and a substantially triangular flapoverlying said opening and having end secured to one of said members and having the other end secured to the other of said members with the sides of the flap free foradmission of air to said opening.

2. A garment of the kind described comprising a body-covering member formed with a cutout armhole, a sleeve member secured to said body member about the major portion of the periphery of said armhole and free therefrom below the armpit providing a ventilating underarm opening, and a flap formed on one end of said sleeve member and secured at the free end thereof to said body member and overlying said opening, said flap being free along the side edges thereof permitting the passage of air to said opening in the elevated position of said sleeve and closing said opening in the lowered position of said sleeve.

3. A garment of the kind described comprising a body-covering member formed with a cut-out armhole, a sleeve member secured to said body about the major portion of the periphery of the armhole and separate therefrom at the lower edge of said armhole providing an under-arm ventilating opening, and a flap formed integrally with one of said members overlying said opening and secured at the free end thereof to the other of said members, said flap having free side edges permitting the passage of air to said opening in the elevated position of said sleeve and closing said opening in the lowered position of said sleeve.

i. A garment of the kind described comprising a body-covering member formedwith a eut out armhole, a sleeve member secured to said body about the major portion of the periphery of the armhole and separate therefrom at the lower edge of said armhole providing an underairmventila ting opening, and a flap formed integrally with said sleeve overlying said opening and secured at the free end thereof to the body, said flap having free side edges permitting the passage of air to said opening in the elevated position or said sleeve and closing said openin in the lowered position of said s'IeV'e'.

5. A garment of the kind described comprising a body-covering member for-med with a cut-out armhole, a sleeve member secured to said body about the major portion of the" periphery of the armhole and separate therefrom at the lower edge of said armhole providing an under-arm ventilating opening, and a flap formed integrally with said body member overlying saidopening and secured at the free end thereof tosaid sleeve member, said flap having free side edges permitt'ing the passage of air' to said opening in the elevated position of said sleeve and closing said opening in the lowered position of said sleeve.

IRVING 'ISAAC REFERENCES CITED The; following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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